Skin fttng connections

[Grehan]

I want to remove the hose connections to my seacocks.

Problem - having undone both jubilee clips the hose is still seemingly stuck fast to the fitting, as well as being difficult to get at. [me, prone, half in and half out of the heads compartment, peering into the space under the heads plinth wherein lie the seacocks].

Is there a knack to loosening the hose, so I can remove it?

Thanks in advance folks

 

[airbubble]

warm them with a hairdryer. otherwise cut them lengthwise along the fitting. then you have to replace them, but if they are so stiff (and brittle ?) that they don't come off the fitting in a normal way, they are due for replacement anyway.
BTW, this is one of the reasons why we want seacocks to be EASILY accessible at ALL times.....
Best wishes,
Paul

 

[rex_seadog]

Like you I have sweated blood removing loo hose from seacocks. But, even worse, was replacing the original hose. As Airbubble says, heat is the answer. My solution was to fill my wife's cafetiere with boiling water and plunge the end of the hose in for a few seconds when it became miraculously floppy. I don't know what the softening point is but after cooling for a few seconds it soon stiffens up again so it's important to use boiling water and to fit the hose fairly quickly. I've never explained to SWMBO why I now prefer instant coffee when on the boat!

 

[seaesta]

You may find it hard to cut lengthways down the pipe without damaging the fitting if its in situ. When I did this job I cut my old hose off crossways with a hacksaw a little above the fitting, then removed the fitting, then put the fitting and short piece of pipe in a bucket of hot water before removing the remaining piece of hose. I then replaced the fitting and installed a new "flexible"hose.
Obviously you can only do this when the boat is high and dry!!

 

[Buck]

Yes, heat is good wrap a cloth round the fitting haveing first soaked the cloth in boiling water, wear some gloves to protect your hands, after you have the hose off, clean up the fitting with some wire wool to get rid of any debris left by the old hose, otherwise you can have trouble getting the new hose to seal.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.

 

[Sinbad1]

Grehan

Don't bother with the boiling water route unless you are into 1st degree burns and water in the bilges. I keep a Bosch 2 speed 240 volt heat gun on board, use gentle heat and take your time and it will come off very easily. Makes installing pipe and hose ends a pleasure.

ps. Wanna see my hot water scars?

 

[Buck]

Hot air gun

Sounds like a good idea, gotta be careful of the laminate in the immediate area though I imagine.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.